Ok, dirty hacked the debug build into release build(removed -D_DEBUG from x86 directory makefile) and got a real speed boost - around 15-20 fps

for comparison no AA

on the other hand, i’ve found the reason for the problem I’ve read elsewhere about - the ffx videos line problem. Seems like people thought it was mostly zerogs fault but it’s something broken in release build - i.e. i didn’t get the lines before but now

well, at least it’s 10fps faster